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Parasocialize Top 8 — November 9, 2026
The eight that ran that day, frozen as published. Later builds do not revise a day.
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Companion 2003
Second Life
A persistent virtual world with avatars, economies, and relationships between people who never met.
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Institution 2016
The stadium
A game event causes a physical stampede at a real stadium because players arrived to capture it in person.
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03
Companion 2011
The assistant arrives
A voice assistant on every phone, addressing the user by name, knowing the user's calendar, and present in the home.
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Institution 1971
The first convention
Fans gather, in costume, in a hotel ballroom, to be in the same room with people who feel the same way about a show.
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06
Persona 2023
The residency
A single artist booking a stadium for many consecutive nights, generating a physical economy around one very large parasocial bond.
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07
Predator 2012
Fandom wars
Organised conflict between fanbases, with brigading, ratioing and coalition behaviour, conducted with the grammar of war.
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